Norfolk, VA - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Norfolk, VA Index / Locations Transcripts Cornell Belcher ...and raised in coastal Virginia, down in Norfolk . Both my parents were from coasta... ...But apparently they were hiring in Norfolk on the trek up. But growing up as ... ...middle-class neighborhood there in Norfolk . Norfolk is a port city, so you hav... ...neighborhood there in Norfolk. Norfolk is a port city, so you have an influ... ...but also from around the world in Norfolk . I grew up in a very divers... Michael Mullen ...of the stack, in command of a ship in Norfolk , Virginia. I have a day job. I'm no... ...Guam.” If you try to take a ship from Norfolk or Connecticut in New London or Maypor... Rick Jordan ...good crew right in the beginning at Norfolk . And I had some—my senior officer... ...And so, we went through two months in Norfolk shaking it down, getting it ready, an... ...really, really hard, we had it checked— Norfolk had the biggest ice storm in it... ...things that we identified back in Norfolk , but we just didn't have time to do... ...that was another big—when we left Norfolk , nobody was willing to take—we'r... ...you through the whole thing—we left Norfolk at the end of January. We took a slo... ...June—five months. From when we left Norfolk , to get to Gioia Tauro was fiv... Show more... Related Topics go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Republican Opposition Republican Opposition go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice